Water-tank.



PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

J. MILLER.

WATER TANK.

APPLIUATIOK PILED DED. 26,'1903.

.KO MODEL.

.GG e o Patented April 26, eoel PATENT JACOB MILLER, OF WAUSEON, OHIO.

- I WATER-TANK.

SPECIFICATION formig part of Letters Patent No. ?58,188, dated April 26, 1904.

I Application filed December 26, 1903. Serial No. 186,'740. (No model.)

To all whom it Duty' concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB MILLFJR, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVause'on, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful WVater-Tank, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to water-tanks such as are employed in houses for containing a supply of water which is delivered to the tanl: under pressure by means i of a windmill or other pumping apparatus; and has for its objects to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily cleaned and one in which the water is delivered by the inlet-pipe at the bottom and received by the overfiow-pipe at a point adjacent to the top of the tank, whereby the supply of water in the latter is maintained in constant circulation and fresh.

To these ends the invention comprises the novelfeatures of Construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying draw-ings, Figure l is a side elevation of a tank embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevaton'of the same.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the tank or casing having a closed upper end provided with an air-escape valve 2 and a lower open end having a horizontal peripheral flange 3, said lower end being normally closed by a bottom or base member 4.

The base member or closure 4, which is provided with an upstanding inset flange 5, designed to enter the lower end of tank 1, and with a discharge-opening into which is tapped a discharge-nipple 6, closed at its lower end bya' wall 7, is detachably coupled to the tank by means of an annulus 8, seated upon the fiange 3 and connecting with the base 4, preferably by means of bolts 9, the base being provicled with a depending bracket 10 for the reception of bolts for attaching it to a wall or section 14, disposed parallel with and forming a continuation of the inlet-pipe, which is thus returned upon itself for delivering the incoming water within the tank at a point adjacent to the bottom thereof, the discharge end of the inlet-pipe being wholly and constantly open and the elbow 13 provided at its uppermost central point with a vent-opening 15, formed through its upper wall, for the purpose which will hereinafter appear. The nipple 6 has tapped through its side wall a discharge-pipe 16, provided With a suitable faucet, by which the water may be drawn off from the tank, as required.

17 indicates an overflow-pipe tapped through the bottom 4 to extend upward through the tank l, the upper continuously open end of the overflow-pipe 'being disposed in a plane somewhatbelow the plane of the vent-opening 15, Whereby the water in the tank will be maintained at a maximum level correspondingly lower than the level of the vent-opening.

Attached to or otherwise provided upon the side wall of the tank vertically above the bracket lO is a corresponding bracket 18 for the reception of bolts or like fastening means for supporting the tank from the member 11.

In practicewater is delivered under pressure through the inlet-pipe 12 anddischargedby the latter at a point adjacent to the bottom of the tank, from which it may be withdrawn as circumstances require through the discharge-pipe 16. As the tank fills with water,

which is constantly supplied thereto, air escapes through the valve 2, and when the water reaohes the predetermined maximum level it `will overflow or escape through the pipe 17,

thereby being prevented from rising beyond said level, which is sufiiciently below the ventopening 15 to permit air to feed through the latter, therebypreventing a vacuum forming in the inlet-pipe and a consequent siphonage of the water therethrough from the tank In practice when it is desired to clean the tank 1 the latter is detached from the base 4 by removing the bolts 8,` when the tank may be readily unseated from the base and free access be had to all of the parts.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a simple inexpensive device Whereby a supply-tank Will be maintained constantly supplied with water under pressure, and one in which liability of the tank becoming accidentally emptied through the medium of pipe 12 is wholly obviated, and this without employing in the discharge end of said pipe a valve of any character, the use of such valves in this connection being highly objeetionable.

It is also apparent that by depositng the.

Water at the lower end of the tank and having the overflow-pipe receive the Water at the upper end of the tank a circulation of water is maintained through the latter, thereby insuring the supply being constantly fresh. In attaining these ends it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein set forth, inasmuch as minor changes may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described Iny invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination With a tank, of a supply-pipe extended upward in the tank and returned upon itself 'or delivering water adjacent to the bottom of the latter, said pipe being provided above the. maximum waterlevel with a vent and having a constantly-open discharge end, and an oVerflow-pipe having its open receiving end arranged adjacent to the upper end of the tank.

2. The combination With a tank, of a supply-pipe eXtended upward in the tank and returned 'upon itself for delivering Water adjacent to the bottom of the latter, said pipe having a vent-opening formed therethrough at a point above the maximum water-level and having a constantly-open discharge end, and an overflow-pipe eXtended upward through the bottom of the tank with its upper open end terminating on a plane below the plane of the vent-opening.

r In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' J ACOB MILLER. Witnesses:

R. HOG, q I. E. BAYES. 

